Chemical Aftermath: Contamination and Cleanup Following the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Chemical Aftermath: Contamination and Cleanup Following the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Published:2011-07 Issue:7 Volume:119 Page:
ISSN:0091-6765
Container-title:Environmental Health Perspectives
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ Health Perspect

Author:

Bird Winifred A.¹²,Grossman Elizabeth¹²

Affiliation:

1. Winifred A. Bird is a freelance journalist living in Nagano, Japan. Her work has appeared in the Japan Times, Science, Yale Environment 360, Dwell, and other publications.

2. Elizabeth Grossman, a Portland, OR–based environmental and science writer, has written for TheAtlantic.com, Yale Environment 360, Scientific American, The Washington Post, and other publications. Her books include Chasing Molecules and High Tech Trash.

Publisher

Environmental Health Perspectives

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Reference61 articles.

1. Japan has 47 prefectures each of which—like a U.S. state—has its own governor laws and legislative departments. The prefectures are divided into 8 regions. The Tohoku region covering the northern tip of Japan’s main island of Honshu bore the brunt of the March 11 disaster. Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures in the neighboring Kanto region to the south also were affected.

2. Bird WA. Firsthand observation Ishinomaki Miyagi Prefecture (10–13 Apr 2011) [this and subsequent firsthand observations and interviews are unpublished].

3. Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Map of Tsunami Inundation Zone. General Condition [in Japanese]. Tsukuba Japan:Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (updated 18 Apr 2011). Available: http://tinyurl.com/4tefbzy [accessed 9 Jun 2011).

4. As of 9 June 2011 there were 15 401 confirmed deaths and 8 146 missing persons according to the National Police Agency of Japan.

5. As of 9 June 2011 there were 112 490 totally collapsed and 75 170 half-collapsed properties according to the National Police Agency of Japan.

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